Recent Research Papers
 

(1) International Studies Association, Portland, February 26-March 1, 2003

"Territory, Proximity, and Spatiality: The Geography of International Conflict"


(2) Peace Science Society, Houston, November 12-14, 2004

   "Cumulation from Proper Specification: Theory, Logic, Research Design, and ‘Nice’ Laws"



  (3) International Studies Association, Chicago, Feb-Mar, 2007

"The Nature of Contiguous Borders and Recurring Violent Conflict"



(4) International Studies Association, Chicago, Feb-Mar, 2007

"State Failure: Conceptualization and Determinants"
(co-authored with Zaryab Iqbal)


(5) Conference on "The Spatial and Network Analysis of Conflict", September 25-27, 2008
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

"Civil War: Spatiality, Contagion, and Diffusion"
(co-authored with Zaryab Iqbal and David Darmofal)



(6) Peace Science Society, Chapel Hill, November 20-22, 2009

"Borders, Ease of Interaction, Transactions and Cooperation: Tracking Integration in the EU Across Waves of Expansion"
Recent Publications
BOOKS

            NECESSARY CONDITIONS: THEORY, METHODOLOGY, AND APPLICATIONS (Lanham, MD:   Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)                                 co-edited with Gary Goertz)

            WORLD POLITICS:  THE MENU FOR CHOICE (with Bruce Russett and David Kinsella; ninth edition,  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2010).

             APPROACHES, LEVELS, AND METHODS OF ANALYSIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: CROSSING BOUNDARIES (New York:                 Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) (editor).

             DEALING WITH FAILED STATES (London: Routledge, 2009) (editor).

             Editor, Special Issue on "Failed States," CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PEACE SCIENCE (vol.25, 4, 2008)



ARTICLES

        “The Nature of Borders and Conflict: Revisiting Hypotheses on Territory and War,” INTERNATIONAL STUDIES QUARTERLY, 49, 1, 2005,         pp.123-139 (co-authored with G. Dale Thomas).

         "Cumulation from Proper Specification: Theory, Logic, Research Design, and  'Nice' Laws," CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PEACE       SCIENCE, 22, 4, 2005, pp.353.363.

          "Territory, Proximity, and Spatiality: The Geography of International Conflict," In 7, 3, 2005, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES REVIEW                   pp.387-406.

          " International Borders: What They Are, What They Mean, and Why We Should Care," SAIS REVIEW, 26, 1, 2006, pp.3-10.

          " Bad Neighbors: Failed States and Their Consequences, CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PEACE SCIENCE, 25, 4, 2008, pp.315-331                 (co-authored with Zaryab Iqbal).


CHAPTERS

         “Introduction: Necessary Condition Logics, Research Design, and Theory," in Gary Goertz and Harvey   Starr, eds., NECESSARY CONDITIONS: THEORY, METHODOLOGY, AND APPLICATIONS, (Lanham,  MD:  Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), pp.1-23.

         "Introduction:  The Future Study of International Relations, Two-Level Games, and Internal-External Linkages," in Harvey Starr, ed., APPROACHES, LEVELS, AND METHODS OF ANALYSIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), pp.1-9.

       "Democratic Peace and Integration: Synergies Across Levels of Analysis," in Harvey Starr, ed., APPROACHES, LEVELS, AND METHODS OF ANALYSIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), pp.117-138..